Comments on: Time Machine Music

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:45:00 +0000

You are missing the “Rockin’ Classics”

Side one
Shake RAttle & Roll / Bill Haley and the Comets
Wake Up Little Susie / Everly Brothers
Lonely Teardrops / Jackie Wilson
Stagger Lee / Lloyd Price

Side two
Runaround Sue / Dion
Great Balls of Fire / Jerry Lee Lewis
He’s So Fine / Chiffons
Runaway / Del Shannon

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:14:07 +0000

Andrew, I had these same tapes growing up and I am happy to have stumbled across your site in my cursory search for the lists of songs! I have just been taken back about 20 or so years to family road trips to vacation while these songs blared happily away in the background…and sometimes complete with 6 finely tuned accompanying voices. Thanks for the throwback and I will definitely be downloading these and putting them on a CD for my siblings. Too funny!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:14:29 +0000

TIM! You are the hero! Thanks so much. I’ll track down the MP3s and post soon.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 10 May 2012 02:03:48 +0000

Here is the tape details you are missing:

Rockin’ Classics

1/ Shake Rattle & Roll / Bill Haley & The Comets

2/ Wake Up Little Susie / Everly Brothers

3/ Lonely Teardrops / Jackie Wilson

4/ Stagger Lee / Lloyd Price

5/ Runaround Sue / Dion

6/ Great Balls of Fire / Jerry Lee Lewis

7/ He’s So Fine / Chiffons

8/ Runaway / Del Shannon

By: neet

neet — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:22:57 +0000

i have the 4th tape, it is the country song version of the collection. 1 of the bands on it is diamond rio. i will get it back from my daughter who now listens to it and post the play list soon

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:52:45 +0000

Awesome work, Drew Hampshire.

I didn’t have the McDonald’s tapes, since, as a kid, I very rarely went to McDonald’s – what I had, though, was a series of tapes from the Shell Station which my mom kept in her 1986 blue Volvo, along with Whitney, Janet Jackson’s Control, and Phil Collins’ Serious Hits…Live!

Holy hell, those Shell Station tapes. Cruisin’ Classics.

Someone else kept them and found the playlists. That was my crack as a kid.

http://bunnieswithsharpteeth.blogspot.com/2007/05/cruisin-classics.html

By: Michael W.

Michael W. — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:46:27 +0000

I had a similar situation as Julie where I decided one day to find some of the music my brother and sisters and I grew up with around our house. For me, being a kid in the late 60′s early 70′s the one album that stood out in my mind was the album “Free to Be You and Me” by Marlo Thomas and Friends.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/free-to-be…you-and-me/id251154976

Well-known songs include “It’s All Right to Cry,” sung by former football hero Rosey Grier; the title track by the New Seekers; “Helping,” a Shel Silverstein poem performed by Tom Smothers; “Sisters and Brothers” by the Voices of East Harlem (many of whom were members of The Short Circus group of singing children from PBS Television’s The Electric Company); and “When We Grow Up” performed by Diana Ross on the album and by Roberta Flack and a teenage Michael Jackson on the special.

That album is what immediately comes to mind for me along with the whole “Schoolhouse Rock” episodes.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:07:16 +0000

P.S. This playlist is totally RAWR!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:06:18 +0000

Andrew, you totally inspired me to make another attempt to track down some obscure kids’ tapes from my childhood that my sisters and I have been looking for for years! We wanted to share them with my nephews… We finally found them after someone finally posted the track names! Thanks for giving me hope and inspiration to continue my search, and I’m really glad you found yours as well. Good luck finding the 4th tape!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:54:10 +0000

Andrew, you rock. Here is a different situation for me, but one that still makes me feel nostalgic: when I was a kid growing up in Syracuse, NY, my uncle had a camp in the Adirondacks. Every summer he would load all the kids in his big red Chevy van (probably without car seats) and drive up to the woods for summers at camp. His van had an 8-track tape player. And he only had four tapes: Eagles Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac Rumors, Linda Ronstadt, and I think an Elton John album. All four now bring back very fond memories of childhood whenever I hear them.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:14:08 +0000

Oh my gosh — The version of “Shout” on the McDonald’s tapes is the worst! That was the biggest bummer of the weekend. I actually had to buy that MP3 to keep the recreation pure. It’s awful to listen to.

By: Missy Sturtevant

Missy Sturtevant — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:30:32 +0000

In an effort to not do any work today, I have created a spotify playlist for anyone to listen to. I’ll update it with the 4th tape when Drew Hampshire finds it. Oh, um. one thing. I get furious whenever I hear a song that is not the original one that I grew up with on the radio.. so I had to change “Shout” to the Isley Brothers version. Because the one that is listed is BS. It will keep me from a Hulk-like rage. http://open.spotify.com/user/126506847/playlist/3tG5HdttKO39PYl8ByRGH2

By: Megan in Tenver

Megan in Tenver — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:02:06 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing! The few clips you played on the show had me feeling very nostalgic. My childhood tapes consisted of the Big Chill Soundtrack and Queen’s Greatest Hits, but I think these will be the soundtrack of THIS summer. Thanks again!

By: MichelleHudsonValleyten

MichelleHudsonValleyten — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:15:32 +0000

Good for you for being persistent, Andrew. My summertime music obsession was the Grease soundtrack when I was that age. Love you on TBTL.